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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
8
All copy must be in our hands by Tuesday each week. Each correspondent must sign his or her name to communications but the name will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
April guests and visitors are listed with ties to Warren Russell Pittsburg North Warren Jamestown East Kane Corry Fox Hill and Cable Hollow. Citizens including Mr and Mrs Ed Vansile Mrs T C Jones and Mrs Elias Akeley are noted with kin and residence as readers travel and relatives gather.
April 20 items include births and visits among residents. Sack Creek reports dairy production totals for March 16 to 29 with milk and butter values. Meetings announced for Cemetery Auxiliary and WCTU with dates and hosts. Local recreation park improvements noted and a barber shop sale at Spring Creek by W. L. Greely.
April reports a busy social week with Mrs. August Peterson calling on friends in the Valley and Mrs. Nora Aurthers visiting Mrs. Mary McCoy. Visitors include Miss Pearl Fellows in Vandale, Miss Nina McCoy recovering at home, and several locals at events in Akeley and Jamestown. Various calls and greetings extend to McCoy, Fellows, Peck, and Thompson households.
April visitors to Warren last week included Mrs. Minnie Roper, H. Muntz and wife, R. E. Green, Dr. Hoop, and James Hinton, among others.
Melville Blood and Fay Muntz of Steamburg were in town last week. J E Morse, working in Potter county, returned to vote in the primaries. Mrs Lorinda Smith and Mrs Melissa Muntz visited Warren for a day. Fishermen are plentiful but scarce in the region. James S Green of West Virginia visited relatives. Harold McMillan of Warren spent several days here. Si Eddey of Bradford visits grandparents S M Cain and wife Ed. Marsh shipped a carload of potatoes to Warren at 65c per bushel. Genevieve Martin of Kinzua spent Sunday with sister Mrs N S Holt. Mrs Clara Wright spent Sunday in Henry. Muntz visited Steamburg Monday. C M Bergstrom was a business visitor in Corydon yesterday. J N Green of West Hickory greeted friends Monday. Albert Eberhart of Russell is spending a few days nearby.
Mrs. H L Ford hosted a dinner for several ladies on Friday. H A Barnes of Warren visited his mother Mrs S E Barnes. Teachers take Easter vacations out of town. Mrs H Ford called on friends in Clarendon Saturday. Mrs H Roberts and son were Warren visitors Saturday. Samuel Whilton and family on sick list while he cares for ill wife. W G Noblitt and wife visited daughter Mrs C Thompson. Trout fishing is popular locally.
April 20 social brief lists visits by Mr. and Mrs. Wm Gray to Kellettville and their daughter Mrs May Pochey, Corry visitors A P Whiteley, return of Leon Whaley from Denver to visit Chas Whaley, Maude Wright visiting Erie sister Ethel McKay, Ladies Foreign Missionary Society gathering at Mrs Mattie Whiteley, Rhoda McClelland visiting her brother in Union last Sunday.
The article notes Japanese budget subsidies to promote shipping and shipbuilding with 1907 aids near five million dollars and 1908 euro service subsidies. It mentions the Japan Oriental Steamship Co adding cargo calls to Europe alongside a regular biweekly route and the 1907 Colombo Maru auxiliary service. It also hints at a rumor of a new line emerging in the New World West.
April Scribner notes the expansion of Japanese steamship tonnage for routes linking Kobe and New York via Suez. In 1907 Japan's mercantile fleet included 1,446 steamers with gross tonnage 1,035,000 and a registered tonnage of 639,000, plus 4,044 sailing ships.
The report notes modest trade activity with no expansion plans by manufacturers and some output cuts. Commodity prices ease on farm staples, holidays slow transactions, and exports exceed imports by 52 million dollars in March. Unemployment unchanged overall, wages cut at textiles, and gold exports rise amid easy money. Freight and railway earnings drop, with geographic variation in conditions. Commercial failures total 262 in the US, 26 in Canada, with liabilities over 8 million dollars.
The article compares steerage passenger flows between Europe and the United States for 1906 and 1907. It notes 340000 returning to Europe in 1906 versus 560000 in 1907, with October to December figures showing 121000 and 264000 respectively. It also contrasts the opening ten weeks of 1906 and 1907, highlighting shifts in passenger directions and implications for labor markets and industry.
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